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McCabes Lawyers and Curwoods Lawyers have signed a heads of agreement to create a new platform for growth across all business lines.
The merger, which will take effect on July 1, will create McCabe Curwood, a new entity that will combine McCabes’ strong corporate and commercial offering and specialist insurance lines with Curwoods’ broad insurance practice.
Taking the role as the new firm's managing partner is Andrew Lacey, McCabes' current managing principle. Scott Kennedy, Curwoods' current managing partner, will be the head of insurance.
Kennedy said the merger will give birth to a new entity with “one of the largest and most diverse insurance practices in Australia” and will “provide a strong platform for continuing growth across the various commercial practice areas.”
Both firms said their shared culture and values form the basis of their coming together, and that the merger will generate in the expanded insurance practice and across the firm as a whole.
“We share the same goals of providing high-quality services to our clients, supporting and developing our people, and streamlining systems and resources to be able to deliver on these goals,” Lacey said.
“Each firm explored various options for growth, but the opportunities offered by a McCabes and Curwoods merger were by far the best foundation for us to build together a thriving business for the future,” Kennedy said.
